When HP completed its acquisition of 3Com, it seemed clear that the closing through the ProCurve product line. In the past two years, HP ProCurve and continued strong ASIC development, and argues that both the ProCurve Series and occupy different positions in the market. Two product lines make sense for HP to maintain its customers.This approach is not expected behavior. Traditionally, 3Com acquired under a merger, as expected, to continue all product lines or production process or has the same operating system. Both Comware and including ProCurve, HP to develop and is committed to maintaining the network operating system. Interop in Las Vegas this year, I practice the HP executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Server, Dave Donatelli asked. I see a firm and networking brief comments that HP is committed to both platforms have been received but there are no questions were allowed.

A-Series switch depends mainly on commercial silicon, and the value of the product software, Comware work on stage. Stage a wide range of functions and generally comparable to competing products. A recent change A10500 midrange flex Broadcom silicon compound (silicon used in the Cisco Nexus 3000) is. ProCurve line of E series switches are old. Silicon and software based on these products in the United States has been developed by the Division of HP ProCurve. Before you purchase a 3Com ProCurve is a company that competes with Cisco's desktop users to add large amounts can be used to switch C37xx C29xx been developed. Many large companies still Cisco C4500 and C6500 devices, and central campus ProCurve stackable switches for access layer switching connected to the user desktop. S-Series low-cost requirements, which also uses merchant silicon for a range of quality products.

So what do we think we want to bring pain in the market that we can go through, and the cost of producing our own ASIC?Features are the right size and intensity. For example, the proper size of the routing table, but not too large. Resources is typically the CPU module, and package and ACL memory such as ASIC, should (TCAM), are the perfect size for the needs of our customers and integrated ASIC is based on our understanding. There are also high performance and modular plug that goes over the edge with her real chassis with the flexibility of the support ASIC products. The space frame supplier you will not find in other lines.

In short, we believe that ASIC "middle market" mean very much. At the low end, where properties are not important, but almost all commercial vessels ASIC vendor. Even / software investment value in high-end - happy to use in commercial ASIC vendors, so they focus on changing the firmware. The long list of victories is the data - - the central campus LANS A12500/A9500/A7500 products mainly deals with data centers and are designed for large companies that it makes sense that I use these platforms to ASIC vendor makes it so valuable is made by vendors to focus R & D software.established features associated with deployment operate.